The student nurse is writing an essay on the development of ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Which information should be included in that essay?
1. The document was originally written in 1980.
2. This code of ethics sets ethical standards that are negotiable according to the nurse's practice area.
3. The document expresses nursing's own understanding of its commitments to society.
4. Once written, the document has never required revision.
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Rationale: The ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements is an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitments to society. It was originally published in 1950 and was last revised in 2001. The standards delineated are nonnegotiable.
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